Cleaning Sensor, view finder, and the focusing screen

[alfa147x]

http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/3937/img7840fc8.jpg

thats the sensor :|

the view finder had dust in it, and the focusing screen (What I see through the focusing screen) has dust on it as well
I have a bottle of eye glass cleaner can I just use it and a Q-Tip to clean the focusing screen and the viewfinder?

Thanks for the help,
Alfa

 

[996GT2]

Yeah, that looks like the sensor on the 300D I just got...not pretty.

From what I've read, you can get a blower or Eclipse/pecpads to clean the sensor, but I'm not sure about the focusing mirror.

They have a wide selection of sensor cleaning kits:
http://www.copperhillimages.co...r=Copper_Hill_Products

 

[ElFenix]

i'm not sure how to clean a focusing screen. you're not supposed to touch them.

 

[alfa147x]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
i'm not sure how to clean a focusing screen. you're not supposed to touch them.

Im not sure if it the focusing screen, it actually might just be the viewfinder

 

[jpeyton]

FYI, that's not really much sensor dust...I've seen much worse.

Always clean with air first, from a Rocket blower. You can probably blow some of that dust off.

If you see dust when you look through the viewfinder, that is either 1) in the viewfinder eyepiece, 2) on the focusing screen or 3) on the mirror. None of this dust will affect your picture, so it's not mission critical to remove it. But you can always take a Rocket blower and try to blow off any dust on your mirror or focusing screen first. It's pretty easy to remove your focusing screen, but there is also a chance you could scratch it during the removal process if you're not careful...worth the risk?

 

[996GT2]

Not to threadjack or anything, but how's the dust on mine now?

http://i78.photobucket.com/alb...20/996gt2/IMG_2848.jpg

I know the WB is off; didn't bother to adjust for this

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: 996GT2
Not to threadjack or anything, but how's the dust on mine now?

http://i78.photobucket.com/alb...20/996gt2/IMG_2848.jpg

I know the WB is off; didn't bother to adjust for this

that is a lot better

 

[996GT2]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: 996GT2
Not to threadjack or anything, but how's the dust on mine now?

http://i78.photobucket.com/alb...20/996gt2/IMG_2848.jpg

I know the WB is off; didn't bother to adjust for this

that is a lot better

So no need to get it professionally cleaned as is? Thanks

 

[idiotekniQues]

you need to get a painter's brush but one that has been washed of the chemical residue they use to keep all the bristles together for display. there are places that sell just the brushes already cleaned of these chemicals. ill try to dig up the link to where i got mine for my 30d.

use a rocket blower to blow air over the bristles to get a static charge going - that static charge will pick up the dust. put your camera in sensor cleaning mode and go for it.

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: idiotekniQues
you need to get a painter's brush but one that has been washed of the chemical residue they use to keep all the bristles together for display. there are places that sell just the brushes already cleaned of these chemicals. ill try to dig up the link to where i got mine for my 30d.

use a rocket blower to blow air over the bristles to get a static charge going - that static charge will pick up the dust. put your camera in sensor cleaning mode and go for it.

Interesting, I didn't know about chemicals on brush bristles. I frequently use brushes to remove dust, dust that isn't dislodged by blasts of gas. Follow a light dusting with a brush with gas blasts. I do this for computer monitors, lenses too. I don't often resort to applying and wiping off liquids. On a rare occasion, I'll clean a lens with lens tissue and lens cleaning fluid. Cleaning sensors and other internal camera parts is something I've never done, however.

You might try a clean camel hair brush, I think the kind they use for haiku.